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Set up your shopping cart
Set up your shopping cart
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Written by Niels van Vlerken
Updated over a week ago

The shopping cart in eCom allows customers to check their order. That helps customers calculate the total cost after shipping and discounts are selected. The shopping cart is designed to be functional using default settings. You can customize your shopping cart to meet the needs of your eCom store. You can:

  • Show VAT

  • Combine VAT if enabled

  • Provide explanation or details on the shopping cart page

  • Upsell products

  • Hide related products

  • Hide the shipping cost calculator

  • Hide the discount code field

  • Hide the progress bar

  • Keep users on product page when clicking Add to cart

Show VAT

When customers add products to the cart, the VAT breakdown is not visible.

  1. Set up your VAT. Follow these instructions:
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    • United States or Canada

    • Europe or Australia

  2. Enable VAT for your shopping cart.
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    1. Log in to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.

    2. Click on VAT in the column Payment settings.

    3. Enable the option Show VAT in shopping cart .

    4. Click on Save.

Example excluding VAT

VAT hidden (Default)

VAT visible

Verbergt de btw in de winkelwagen voor eCom shops exclusief btw.
Maakt de btw zichtbaar in de winkelwagen voor eCom shops exclusief btw.

Example including VAT

VAT hidden (Default)

VAT visible

Verbergt de btw in de winkelwagen voor eCom shops inclusief btw.
Maakt de btw zichtbaar in de winkelwagen voor eCom shops inclusief btw.

Combine VAT if enabled

For eCom stores in North America, there can be multiple types of tax by city, state, and country. For these shops, each VAT is displayed on a new line. This feature is not available for eCom stores in continental Europe or Australia. This function is also applied in your checkout. For more information click here.

  1. Set up your VAT.

  2. Combine VAT for the shopping cart and the checkout.
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    1. Log in to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.

    2. Click on VAT in the column Payment settings.

    3. Enable the option Combine VAT rates in checkout .

    4. Click on Save.

VAT segregated (Standard)

VAT combined

Geeft de btw weer in de winkelwagen met combineren uitgeschakeld.
Geeft de btw weer in de winkelwagen met combineren ingeschakeld.

Provide explanation or details on the shopping cart page

Content you can add is, for example, text, images and videos.

  1. Log in to your Lightspeed eCom back office and select Content.

  2. Click on the link My shopping cart.

  3. Add content to the page and click Save.

Click here for more information about adding custom content.

Video: additional content

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Learn more about adding additional content to your cart page.

Comparison: Additional Content

No content (Default)

Added custom content

Geeft de btw weer in de winkelwagen met combineren uitgeschakeld.
Geeft de btw weer in de winkelwagen met combineren ingeschakeld.

Upsell products

The shopping cart does not have an upselling function by default. Click here for more information about adding upselling to the cart.

Geeft de upselling-functie weer op de pagina van de winkelwagen.

Hide related products

Related products are only shown in the shopping cart if they are configured.

  1. Log in to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.

  2. Click on Advanced in the column General Settings.

  3. Scroll to the SHOP section and uncheck the Related Products option.

  4. Click on Save.

Click here for instructions on how to configure related products.

Geeft de functie voor gerelateerde producten weer op de pagina van de winkelwagen

Hide the shipping cost calculator

  1. Log in to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.

  2. Click on Advanced in the column General Settings.

  3. Scroll to the SHOP section and uncheck the Calculate shipping option.

  4. Click on Save.

Weergeeft de calculatorfunctie voor de verzendkosten op de pagina van de winkelwagen.

Hide the discount code field

  1. Log in to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.

  2. Click on Advanced in the column General Settings.

  3. Scroll to the SHOP section and uncheck the Discount Codes option.

  4. Click on Save.

Geeft het kortingscodeveld weer op de pagina van de winkelwagen.

Hide the progress bar

  1. Log in to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.

  2. Click on Advanced in the column General Settings.

  3. Scroll to the SHOP section and enable or disable the Show progress option.

  4. Click on Save.

Disabling this option will also be applied in your checkout. For more information, see Compose your checkout.

Geeft de voortgangsbalk van de winkelwagen weer op de pagina van de winkelwagen.

Keep users on product page when clicking Add to cart

  1. Log in to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.

  2. Click on Advanced in the column General Settings.

  3. Scroll to the SHOP section and enable the Stay on page option.

  4. Click on Save.

Geeft een pijl weer die naar de knop Toevoegen aan winkelwagen op de productpagina wijst.
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